Installation - problem with partitions

[glock356]

Hello1

I am trying to install Fedora 16 KDE on computer with Win 7 installed.
Reserved for Fedora about 360 GB free unpartitioned space, select during install Use free space but install returned message Unable to create(sory i do not exactly remember) - not enough free space!!?
I then returned to install selection, select Custom partitioning, but again no success - i only was created boot partition(500 MB) and nothing else - same message - not enough free space(360 GB???):confused:
Next I used Shrink Windows partition - recievea message Unexpected error: probably a bug
I quit then.

I then do this(do not laugh please):D

Expand Windows partition over free space(over 410 GB)
Instal Ubuntu alongside Windows, use for Ubuntu over 360 GB, and after Ubuntu is installed, install Fedora to replace Ubuntu.

Suucess!

This is my first time to install Fedora on dual boot with W7.
On other Computer I have installed Fedora 15 with WinXP - there I do not have no problem with partitions - used custom partitioning.

What go wrong?
Did I messed something, or something else?
Fedora is now installed, but i want to know what i do wrong, for future( i am planning same process on other comp w. W7)


[root@glock1c6f65cf4ebf janez]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x752f8a14

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 137440768 68616960+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 137441278 1953520064 908039393+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 848684367 1410983279 281149456+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6 1410998456 1953520064 271260804+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda7 137445376 138469375 512000 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 138471424 848668671 355098624 8e Linux LVM

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_glock1c6f65cf4ebf-lv_swap: 5536 MB, 5536481280 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 673 cylinders, total 10813440 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_glock1c6f65cf4ebf-lv_swap doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_glock1c6f65cf4ebf-lv_root: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders, total 104857600 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_glock1c6f65cf4ebf-lv_root doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_glock1c6f65cf4ebf-lv_home: 304.4 GB, 304372252672 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 37004 cylinders, total 594477056 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_glock1c6f65cf4ebf-lv_home doesn't contain a valid partition table
[root@glock1c6f65cf4ebf janez]#

[bob]

Can't see anything wrong now, of course. I'd review just the basics for clues: Can't install on NTFS, only 4 primary partitions (I see that you've got extended ones to handle that) and don't set your boot partition as root (/) or, better yet, just skip the boot partition and set the whole thing as root.

Novel approach to the fix, nice work there!

[PabloTwo]

Fedora's Anaconda installer defines Free Space as unpartitioned space inside an Extended partition, which your setup did not have.
Anaconda defines Unallocated space as completely unpartitioned disk space, which is in all likelyhood what those 360Gb of disk space was.
Had you choosen to use unallocated disk space during install, it would have worked.

[glock356]

OK, thanks for now.